Huntsville, Alabama (September 15, 2008)
At approximately 10:30 this morning, Communications received a call of a traffic
crash on Technology Drive involving a bicycle and a SUV. Twenty-year-old Sarah
Katherine Chapman of 202 Royal Pines Drive in Huntsville was traveling westbound
on a bicycle. As the SUV approached from behind her, she swerved into its path
and the driver was unable to avoid the collision. Ms. Chapman was transported to
a local hospital where died a short time later. No charges are anticipated at
this time. This is Huntsville’s 16th traffic fatality for 2008.